STOCKTON – A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the shoulder for his gold necklace as he walked along South Hunter Street during the middle of the day today, police reported.

The boy was walking northbound on Hunter just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard about 12:10 p.m. when he suddenly felt someone ripping his necklace with a Raiders pendant off his neck. As he turned around, he saw two males running off southbound with the necklace, felt pain in his shoulder and ran home, according to a report.

When he got home, his father discovered a 2-inch laceration and took him to a hospital for treatment of a nonlife-threatening injury, according to police. No further relevant details on his assailants was provided.